I’ll begin with how much I enjoyed this course even though we could have read more. I enjoyed the readings, films, music playlists, and discussions. I enjoyed learning more about the Black Panthers, Black Power movement and Black Arts era. This is the first time I’ve heard about the Black Panthers in a light other … Continue reading Final Reflection
Angst and Children’s Books
Hi all! We’re finally getting to the end of the semester and I have mixed feelings about it. I’m ready but not ready for the course to end, I’m ready to graduate but not prepared for the world outside of school, and I’m completely ready to read for fun without having to analyze the relationships … Continue reading Angst and Children’s Books
Toni-Cade Bambara
Hi all! For this post I wanted to talk more about Bambara’s The Organizer’s Wife and other stories she wrote. Toni Cade Bambara is an African-American author, film-maker, activist, and college professor. In the 1970’s she was a social activist in both the black liberation and women’s movements who worked to raise black American consciousness … Continue reading Toni-Cade Bambara
Suggestions For Final Project
Hey guys! I’d like to talk more about the final project for this post. I’m having some trouble with the game itself- not the mechanics necessarily but the overall idea and questions of it being playable-and am open to any suggestions or feedback on how to make it better or different from regular Clue. What … Continue reading Suggestions For Final Project
Blackula loses the fight in portrayal of sci-fi blaxploitation
It’s been a busy time and it’s only going to get busier the closer it gets to the holidays. My last post was about blacksploitation films and in remakes of media where the lead roles are white the roles are now filled by non-whites. I want this post to be a continuation of blaxploitation films … Continue reading Blackula loses the fight in portrayal of sci-fi blaxploitation
More On Blaxploitation
Blaxploitation or blacksploitation is an ethnic subgenre of exploitation film that emerged in the United States in the early 1970’s. The films aimed main audience were urban African Americans but the appeal broadened across racial and ethnic lines. Blaxploitation films featured black actors and actresses in lead roles, anti-establishment plots, stereotypical characters, glorified violence, and … Continue reading More On Blaxploitation
Citing Black Women
According to citeblackwomencollective.org, Christen Smith created Cite Black Women as a campaign to “push people to engage in a radical praxis that acknowledges and honors Black women’s transnational intellectual production.” The campaign started with t-shirts to show advocation of black women empowerment and grew to include canon and citation across academic disciplines as well as … Continue reading Citing Black Women
Raisin Fuller Lincoln Karenga
I’d like to start with my title before getting to my initial thoughts. Matthew brought up a good point about Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem “The Life of Lincoln West” not being about a real person butt instead being a mash-up of Lincoln and West. I thought the idea of creating a new name and naming something … Continue reading Raisin Fuller Lincoln Karenga
More about Scott Heron’s “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”
I’m sorry, it’s late and it’s been a crazy week and I feel like I’m behind but here’s my post. I was listening to Scott Heron’s “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” again and found some interesting things I hadn’t noticed before. The revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox In 4 parts … Continue reading More about Scott Heron’s “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”
Afrofuturism and Lemonade
Afrofuturism is a literary and cultural aesthetic and movement in literature, art, music, film, etc. that incorporates elements of black history and culture into futuristic, science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, Westerns, and magic realism themes. Afrofuturism can be seen in Beyoncé’s music video Lemonade. Her short video “All Night” featured feminist afrofuturism, empowering women of … Continue reading Afrofuturism and Lemonade
L460: The Senior Capstone Blog at IUS 